I make $2400 per month (after taxes) in California. I work for a manufacturing company. I recently moved to this state 6 months ago and had to take whatever job I could find. I'm not making much right now.
I worked in web design/development from 2013-2017 and am really good with it. My goal is to move to mexico and work remotely doing web design (not freelance but employed by a company) for a company in the USA.
But I'm a little troubled. The visa requirements to get a temporary resident visa for mexico seem to be too high level for what I currently make right now. So it seems that I dont meet the requirements to be allowed to live in mexico and work remotely.
The income required for a Temporary Resident Visa is $1620 per month. I'm going to get a remote web job while I'm in California, but I will not work that web job in California. I'm going to get hired, quit my manufacturing job and then move to mexico - where I will begin working the remote job. The $1620 month requirements means that you have to be receiving $1620 per month from consistent foreign sources (like pension check, etc). So the fact that I have been making $2400 month doesnt count, because I'm going to quit my job when I move to mexico. Therefore I will not be having any income coming in.
Im going to get hired as a remote web guy and THEN move to mexico where I will begin working. What do I do?
What visa should I get? I will not be having any income coming in when I move to mexico. But I will be starting a remote web job anf will be paid within 3 weeks of starting. I also only have $5000 saved up so I don't meet the requirement where you have to have enough cash piled up for the 180 days.
I'm sure people quit thwir day job and move to mexico to work remotely without having any income coming in.
My goal sheet is:
1. Get remote web job
2 quit my day job, transfer my savings to mexican bank, set up cheap apartment.
3. Go to the mexican border and get visa there
4. Go into mexico
5. Start working remotely for web company.